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Great Flea Market Find
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:59 pm
by Coreyeagle48
Hi Everyone,
Found this at an R/C Flea Market this past weekend. The guy wanted $40 bucks for it and it looked good so I figured why not. After getting it home, it looks good, may need new decals and defintely a four blade prop but this will hang in a corner of my classroom I think, thought it was a very cool piece.
BTW: It's about 1/18, Wingspan is 22 inches!
Now I know some guys are drooling
http://community.webshots.com/user/coreyeagle48
It's the last three photos in that album!
Corey
is it the typoon
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:27 pm
by Black_Dragon_One
hay
is it the 1:18 scale typhoon,
nice catch. did you ever find that flying german wind things
that would be too cool
p.s. I found a sight that would sale you a 1:18 scale plans for b17
the only thing you have to due to cut out the plywood and build up your model.
i have never build one so is that hard
thanks
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:06 am
by Teamski
I believe that is a Tempest V. Nice find!!
-Ski
thanks ski
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:48 am
by Coreyeagle48
Ski,
I always got those two planes confused because they look very similar to each other. Since you are the expert I will say you are right. Hehehe. Still a neat plane and pretty rare in that size, regardless of which one it happens to be. That's why I got it
Corey
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:02 pm
by DocTodd
Nice find. Are all the WWI planes that you have R/C 1:18 scale?
Todd
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:16 am
by aferguson
Looks like it could be an old Cox control line plane. Looks sharp.
Definitely a Tempest V. Is Ski ever wrong?
R/C stuff
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:34 pm
by Coreyeagle48
Todd,
To answer your question, none of the planes I fly are 1/18 scale. Most are bigger. The smallest I have flown is usually 1/10 or 1/12 scale planes. My favorite flier is an old 1/12 piper cub i have from what i learned, and an Albartos DvA I fly when the weather is good. It is quite tempermental to say the least. I believe it when they say the WWI planes were hard to handle. I actually had a Fokker Triplane but it only lasted two flights. It looked terrific, but was so hard to handle. It met it's end at a fun fly last year. LOL
I won't fly that one, it is an old control line plane. Not a Cox though, it's handmade from some kit out there. I'll hang this one in my classroom or at home somewhere. Won't be flying it.
I have very little time to fly with teaching and my other things going on
Corey